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NEWS AND NOTES 



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cial loss through insect work is as 

 great as that by fire; at least, as re- 

 gards mature trees. Fire sweeps away 

 the reproduction, and in this is not 

 rivaled by the insects; but on grown 

 trees their injuriousness is manifold. 

 In the first place, they often kill single 

 trees ; and when bad outbreaks of 

 single species of insects occur, as is 

 often the case, they may even sweep 

 away the living tree growth of consid- 

 erable areas, as thoroughly as would a 

 hre. The trees thus killed may, it is 

 true, be used for many purposes, 

 though not always for lumber. On 

 the other hand, borers often penetrate 

 far into the interior of the most valu- 

 able woods, reducing their value so 

 largelv that this must be taken into 

 account as part of the loss above men- 

 tioned. Other insects consume wood 



even after it has been put to use. 



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A notable feature of pine woods 



where fires have swept through is the 

 trees that have what are called fire 

 wounds-that is. a portion of the base 

 burned away. These are primarily 

 due to insect attack. Certain insects 

 bore in the bark or outer part of the 

 tree producing a gathering of resin, 

 which is readily inflammable when the 

 fire comes, while portions of the tree 



not thus prepared go uninjured. 



J 3 

 The Bureau of Entomology has for 



several years been engaged in study- 

 ing forest insects, and has found 

 means to combat most of them with et- 

 fectiveness. 



Shipworms Advices from the Gray's 

 Ruin North- Harbor country on the 

 west Lumber p uget Sound and from 

 various sections in the Puget Sound 

 lumber districts report that logging 

 operations may have to be suspended 

 indefinitely because of the ravages of 

 the teredo, or ship worm. The 

 worms have attacked all the logs in the 

 water and bored them full of holes. 



In British Columbia, in the Clayo- 

 quot lumber district, operations have 

 entirely ceased, owing to the ravages 

 of the teredos. The worms have ruin- 

 ed all the year's cut of timber in the 



water, and the big Sutton Company 

 has reported a !<>. of over 16,000,000 

 feet. Hundred- <>i lumbermen have 

 been forced into idleness until the 

 winter's work in the woods begins. 



Organization The State Forestry Corn- 

 of Alabama mission) of Alabama, 



held its first meeting on 

 Ja gth at M ,, m . 



d . accordance 



? idi for the advance _ 

 ment of ^ fe 



j ature i ast ' 



.Governor Comer, who is a member 

 ot Commission, called the meeting 

 and acted as chairman ex-officio. Mr. 

 - |onn Wallace, Jr whose record as 

 ( ' ;mie and Flsh Commissioner 

 makes , him wd! ntted for the place. 

 was , elected secretary. The other 

 members of the commission are A. 

 Wilki State Commissioner of 



Agricillture and Industries; j. B . 

 p owell Q thg gtate Tax Comniis J siull 

 p rof R s Mackintosh of the Ala . 

 bama Polytechnic i nstitllte - John ,.. 

 KauU of Birmi ham A]a t ' he , um . 

 berman of the commission . and E . E> 

 Carter> of the United Stateg Forest 



Service . A11 were prescnt except Mr 

 Kaul who wag unavoidably abseilt . 



.... 

 After some discussion of the bill, 



it was decided that a canil)ai ,, n O f 

 pni,]^^ to i nstr iict tlu- i>e<,plc of the 

 State in the benefits all.. wed them by 

 thc m should be ull( K. rtakrni and a 



committee consisting of Mr. Wallace, 

 Mr. Powell, and Mr. Wilkinson wa< 

 appointed by the Governor, to collect 

 data for distribution and to report to 

 the Commission ways and means tW 

 conducting the campaign to the bes 

 possible advantage. 



This meeting of the commission wa- 

 chiefly for the purpose of organixa- 

 tion. but sufficient wa- av"inpli-hc<l 

 to -hew that the State < '...vernnifnt is 

 actively alive to the necessity r>r the 

 conservation and ininr< -\ en < -nt f for- 

 ests within the . and that much 



good may be don. under the present 

 bill. The result will undoubtedly be 

 the awakening of the people of the 



